my Oxford Best Friend...

last night my Oxford Best Friend came to visit. we realized after chatting it up for several minutes at my house that it has been almost an entire year since we last saw each other. tragic. our last rondeveaux was at cal baptist when our MBAs were finally printed and available for pick up in December of 2009. we are awful. amanda and i bonded over C.S. Lewis discussions, watching a live performance of Shakespear's Much Ado About Nothing outside in the pouring rain while wearing blankets and looking ABSOLUTELY HAAGARD,a trip to the mini-cooper factory to view first hand the financial benefits of utilizing robotics rather than employing individuals, comparing and contrasting the positives and negatives of socialized medicine versus individual health care plans, listening to the ENTIRE audio guide at Stonehenge, drinking RIDICULOUS amounts of tea,spending hours on buses traveling to Blenheim Palace, Winsor Castle, London, Bath, Straford Upon Avon, eating at a variety of questionable locations, LOVING the Mission Burrito , doing a TON of shopping with Ashley (our other Oxford friend), playing lots of games in the evenings in the dorms, and in general just LOVING our time together studying global business management.I think studying abroad may have been one of the richest and most meaningful experiences of my Masters career and gaining an amazing friend through it was DEFINITELY an additional plus! Amanda and I have very different lives - different strengths - dreams - hopes - etc, but it is always a BLAST coming together and reminiscing about our time in Oxford, and sharing our hearts - God did a great thing when He gave us each other! Loveyou Amanda {and i'll ALWAYS love Oxford!}